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ClearComplex interactions among temperature, microplastics and cyanobacteria may facilitate cyanobacteria proliferation and microplastic deposition
Researchers investigated how microplastics interact with temperature and nutrient conditions to affect cyanobacterial growth, finding that microplastics can alter cyanobacterial physiology and potentially exacerbate bloom formation under warming conditions.
Altered Biological Responses of Primary Producers to Multiple Stressors in the Presence of Nanoplastics
This thesis investigated how nanoplastics interact with other environmental stressors — including elevated CO2, temperature, and light — to affect freshwater algae and cyanobacteria. The results show that nanoplastics can alter how aquatic plants respond to climate change, potentially disrupting the base of freshwater food webs.
Interactions between cyanobacteria and emerging contaminants in aqueous environments
A review examined how cyanobacteria interact with emerging contaminants including microplastics in aquatic environments, finding that plastic surfaces can harbor cyanobacterial growth and influence toxin production. The interactions complicate pollution assessment and may amplify ecological risks in nutrient-rich waters.
Distribution and changes in microplastics in Taihu Lake and cyanobacterial blooms formed by the aggregation of Microcystis colonies
Researchers investigated microplastic distribution in the surface water and sediments of Taihu Lake, China, finding abundances of 0-3.7 items/L in surface water and 44.42-417.56 items/kg in sediments, and exploring relationships between microplastics, nutrient pollutants, and cyanobacterial bloom formation in this heavily eutrophic freshwater system.
Microplastic characteristics differentially influence cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom microbial community membership, growth, and toxin production
Researchers investigated how different types of microplastics influence the growth and toxin production of harmful algal blooms in freshwater. They found that certain microplastic characteristics, such as shape and polymer type, significantly affected which microbial species thrived and how much toxin was produced. The study suggests that microplastic pollution may play an underappreciated role in worsening harmful algal blooms in lakes and reservoirs.
Cyanobacterial relative enrichment over diatoms: Differential responses of plankton to microplastic pollution in the Zhanghe River, Northern China
Researchers assessed microplastic pollution and its ecological impacts on plankton communities in the Zhanghe River, China, finding that fibrous polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyamide MPs increased from upstream to downstream and were significantly associated with cyanobacterial proliferation while inhibiting diatoms, with a synergistic interaction with total phosphorus potentially amplifying eutrophication risk.
Experimental Dataset: Microplastics-Glyphosate Study in Microalgae
Researchers compiled raw experimental data supporting a study on the interaction between microplastics and glyphosate in the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, providing the underlying dataset for published findings on combined contaminant effects.
Experimental Dataset: Microplastics-Glyphosate Study in Microalgae
Researchers compiled raw experimental data supporting a study on the interaction between microplastics and glyphosate in the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, providing the underlying dataset for published findings on combined contaminant effects.
Culture dependent analysis of bacterial activity, biofilm-formation and oxidative stress of seawater with the contamination of microplastics under climate change consideration
Researchers examined how temperature changes and microplastic contamination jointly affect bacterial activity, biofilm formation, and oxidative stress in seawater. The study found that different plastic materials at varying temperatures produced distinct bacterial responses, suggesting that climate change could compound the environmental effects of microplastic pollution in marine settings.
Dataset: Microplastic addition has no detectable effect on ecosystem metabolism or diel dinitrogen flux in a large in-lake mesocosm experiment under oligotrophic conditions
Researchers conducted a large in-lake mesocosm experiment at the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario, Canada to test whether microplastic addition affects ecosystem metabolism or diel dinitrogen flux under oligotrophic conditions. The dataset and R code support the conclusion that microplastics had no detectable effect on these ecosystem-level processes under low-nutrient conditions.
Spatio-temporal variation of toxin-producing gene abundance in Microcystis aeruginosa from Poyang Lake
This paper is not relevant to microplastics; it investigates the spatio-temporal variation of toxin-producing gene abundance in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in Poyang Lake, China.
Microplastic effects on zooplankton: meta-analysis dataset and code (48 studies; 1,468 effect sizes)
This meta-analysis dataset accompanies research pooling data from 48 studies to examine how microplastics affect zooplankton across different environmental conditions. The analysis covers nearly 1,500 effect measurements and found that microplastics pose elevated risks to these tiny aquatic organisms, particularly under warming conditions. This is concerning because zooplankton form the foundation of aquatic food webs that ultimately supply seafood to human diets.
Impacts of plastic surface on the periphyton under different nutrient and temperature: A mesocosm experiment
This mesocosm experiment investigated how microplastics affect periphyton (biofilm communities that grow on surfaces in water) under different nutrient levels and temperatures. Microplastics altered periphyton development in ways that could affect oxygen production and the feeding of organisms that graze on biofilm, with potential ripple effects throughout aquatic food webs.
Alteration of dominant cyanobacteria in different bloom periods caused by abiotic factors and species interactions
Researchers tracked cyanobacterial community dynamics in Lake Taihu over a bloom cycle and found that Planktothrix initially dominated at lower temperatures in nitrogen-rich conditions before being displaced by Microcystis as temperatures rose, with non-cyanobacterial prokaryote interactions also playing a key role in shaping which bloom-forming species prevails.
Antagonistic and synergistic effects of warming and microplastics on microalgae: Case study of the red tide species Prorocentrum donghaiense
Researchers exposed the red tide microalgae Prorocentrum donghaiense to different microplastic concentrations and temperatures, finding that microplastics significantly suppressed growth and photosynthesis at 16 degrees C but that higher temperatures (22 and 28 degrees C) partially counteracted these effects at low microplastic doses. The antagonistic and synergistic outcomes of combined warming and microplastic exposure depended on microplastic concentration.
Microbial Perspective: Regulatory Mechanisms of Interactions Between Microplastics and Dissolved Organic Matter on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Aquatic Ecosystems
This is a raw data repository supporting a study on how microplastics interact with dissolved organic matter to influence greenhouse gas emissions in aquatic ecosystems from a microbial perspective. The full study examines the regulatory mechanisms behind these interactions, which matter because microplastics could be altering the carbon cycle in lakes and rivers by changing microbial community behavior.
Supplementary data
This is a supplementary dataset for a study on how a North Atlantic hurricane transported and deposited ocean-sourced microplastic particles — not a standalone research article.
Community Composition and Seasonal Dynamics of Microplastic Biota in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Researchers described the seasonal dynamics and community composition of microplastic-associated microbial communities across different environments, finding that temperature and nutrient availability influenced plastisphere diversity. The study contributes to understanding how environmental conditions shape biofilm formation on plastic debris.
Interacting effects of simulated eutrophication, temperature increase, and microplastic exposure on Daphnia
This study examined the interacting effects of simulated eutrophication (increased cyanobacteria from 5% to 95% of food), temperature increase (+3 degrees C), and microplastic exposure on Daphnia in freshwater systems. Multiple stressors combined in ways that differed from single-stressor experiments, underscoring the complexity of predicting ecological outcomes from simultaneous environmental pressures.
The combined effects of ocean warming and microplastic pollution on marine phytoplankton community dynamics
Researchers studied the combined effects of microplastic pollution and rising ocean temperatures on tiny marine plants called phytoplankton. While microplastics alone had minimal impact at current temperatures, when combined with warmer water conditions, phytoplankton biomass dropped by 41% and diversity fell by nearly 39%. The study suggests that climate change may dramatically amplify the harmful effects of microplastic pollution on the ocean organisms responsible for a significant portion of global carbon capture.
Dual regulatory effects of microplastics and heat waves on river microbial carbon metabolism
Researchers found that microplastics inhibited the thermal adaptation of river microbial communities during simulated heat waves, disrupting carbon metabolism processes and suggesting that combined microplastic pollution and climate warming may alter riverine carbon cycling.
Microplastic effects on zooplankton: meta-analysis dataset and code (48 studies; 1,468 effect sizes)
This meta-analysis pools data from 48 studies covering nearly 1,500 measurements to assess how microplastics affect zooplankton, the tiny animals at the base of aquatic food chains. The research found that microplastics pose significant risks to zooplankton, especially as water temperatures rise with climate change. Since zooplankton are a critical food source for fish, harm to these organisms can ripple up the food chain to affect the seafood people eat.
Combined effects of global warming and microplastic exposure from individual to populational levels of a benthic copepod
This study examined the combined effects of global warming and microplastic exposure on aquatic organisms from the individual to the population level, investigating how these two co-occurring stressors interact. Warming amplified some microplastic effects, suggesting that climate change will exacerbate the ecological consequences of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems.
Combined Exposure of Microplastics and Climate Warming Affects the Bacteria-Driven Macrophyte Litter Decomposition in an Urban Lake
Researchers conducted a 30-day microcosm experiment to study how climate warming and polystyrene microplastics interact to affect plant litter decomposition in lake ecosystems. The study found that combined warming and high microplastic concentrations promoted litter decomposition by increasing bacterial biomass and diversity, but also raised concerns by boosting potentially harmful bacteria on microplastic surfaces.